Snacks & Treats

I’m not the most interesting person when it comes to lunches. In fact at work, I eat the same lunch every day. That’s right. Every. Single. Day. In a life full of decisions about food (I teach Hospitality and Food Technology), one less is always welcome. Come school holidays though and I am equally boring….

On Friday and Saturday we had a beautiful hint of Spring. Lovely warm weather, and sunny days are on their way. It reminded us that we need to put some pigs and lambs in our freezer before it gets too warm. Last year we had our first try at making sausages ourselves, and we have plans to…

I know I say it often, but I love school holidays. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job, but if some one were to pay me to stay home, I wouldn’t say no. Winter holidays are always a little harder because the mornings are frosty, the days are cold, and the nights are long….

A few weeks back, Country Boy spent the weekend doing a course for the local fire brigade. This meant that I was on solo parenting duty all weekend. Now, I know that I am super lucky, because this isn’t something I need to do very often. A couple of hours here and there, but rarely…

Country Boy is a big fan of muesli for breakfast in the morning. I guess it gets him filled up for a day of physical activity. Unfortunately most of the pre made mueslis are high in oats and bran sticks (which are cheap) with not much of the good stuff. Not many fruits or nuts….

Meg has really been enjoying cooking independently these holidays. Banana cakes and slices are her specialty. We are loving that she wants to cook too, because it means that there are snacks for the kids (and us) when they are hungry, plus we don’t have to cook either. She is double excited to cook if…

Every year we have leftovers to use up after Christmas. I love leftovers. All those treats and easy meals in the fridge just waiting to be eaten. It makes Christmas last even longer. Eventually though there are all those bits and pieces that are left after all the “good” stuff has gone. You know, the…

Over the weekend, Meg announced to me that she had made up a new recipe and that she wanted to cook it. As she explained it,”you get fruit and wrap it in pastry like an envelope”. Not wanting to squash her by telling her about the concept of turnovers, I let her show me how…

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Hi, I’m Jo

City girl turned farmer's wife, school teacher, ideas woman, and mum to three country kids.
Country Life Experiment is all about simple country living, growing and making our own food, and life on our family farm in rural Australia. Join me as I give country living a try. Read more...